Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Constantin Hutzkal and his family emigrated to Canada in 1907 from Boian, Bukovina. Constantin married Domnica Yurko and at the time when they arrived in Canada they had three girls, Unculitsa, Maria and Raveta. The family settled in the Ispas district. More children were born to this couple: Lazar, John, William (Bill) Metro,…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Petre Hutzcal was born in 1863 in Boian, Bukovina. Rafira was born in 1873. They grew up in their native village and were married in 1889. Four children were born to the young couple in the old country before they emigrated to Canada in 1899. The first year they lived in a bordei…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Nicolai was born in 1891 in Boian, Bucovina, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hutzcal. He grew up there but as a teenager he decided to accompany his older brother John to Canada. Once he arrived in western Canada he secured a job on the railroad and by the time he…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history John Hutscal was born May 12, 1888 to parents Gheorghe and Maria Hutscal in Boian, Bukovina. While still a young man he had heard neighbors talking about Canada, a country far away but where there were jobs, land, and a future. He, at age of 17, in 1905, along with his younger…